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03-20-2020, 11:52 AM | #7771 | |
Sauntering Vaguely Downwards
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Columbia, Mo
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The answer to the test result (for the symptomatic anyway) is largely irrelevant. They're treating the symptoms on the go either way. When it WILL be vital is after we can find an verify an effective course of therapeutic care, especially in early-onset cases. At THAT point catching it on day 3 vs. waiting to see what it's doing by day 8 is enormous. If we can catch it on day 3 by testing people as soon as they show signs, that allows us to shorten the runway on the disease, keep people out of critical beds and get them out of the hospital quicker to ease capacity issues. I know it's frustrating for people to not know. And probably frustrating for scientists and academics as well. But the real world impact of not having a roaring test setup right now probably isn't critical. |
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03-20-2020, 11:52 AM | #7772 | |
I'll be back.
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03-20-2020, 11:53 AM | #7773 | |
Supporter
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Hollywood, CA
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No one knows were we are in terms of infection due to the lack of tests available. ER's in California will not administer a test unless the patient is showing advanced symptoms, which virtually eliminates everyone else. |
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03-20-2020, 11:53 AM | #7774 |
Sauntering Vaguely Downwards
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Columbia, Mo
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Tried it. Didn't do dick.
Mine wasn't balding in the back, though - just getting super-thin in the front. Like Hamas, I denied it for a year until I came back from a trip to Mexico and looked at pictures of me in a pool. "Who's that balding **** standing with my kid? And when did he get fat?" |
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03-20-2020, 11:54 AM | #7775 |
Now you've pissed me off!
Join Date: Jan 2006
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03-20-2020, 11:55 AM | #7776 |
Champions
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Des Moines, IA
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03-20-2020, 11:56 AM | #7777 | |
I love your mom
Join Date: Feb 2020
Location: Sturgeon Falls, Ontario
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03-20-2020, 11:57 AM | #7778 | |
Sauntering Vaguely Downwards
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Columbia, Mo
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Processing was going to be a nightmare if we adopted any of tests available. We simply didn't have some of those necessary reagents and our labs weren't set up to run those tests well. A ton of credit so due to some very smart people for recognizing what HAD to be done over a relatively short time-frame rather than what could be done immediately in front of them. The focus on developing our own tests that could be processed using abundant materials (or none at all) and automated through existing lab capacity was vital. It will be an incredible tool in our arsenal going forward. |
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03-20-2020, 11:57 AM | #7779 |
MVP
Join Date: Aug 2011
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Well, chloroquine and hydrochloroquine now completely out of stock. We're gonna find out pretty damn soon if this is working.
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03-20-2020, 11:59 AM | #7780 |
MVP
Join Date: Aug 2011
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Yes, it is. My friend has multiple, obvious symptoms. She has underlying conditions that make her vulnerable. She cannot get a test. Things are better but we are nowhere near testing enough.
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03-20-2020, 12:00 PM | #7781 |
Now you've pissed me off!
Join Date: Jan 2006
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Heard some absolute horror stories about plastic surgeons, dermatologists and other providers calling in huge scripts for their families, claiming they all had RA, which is not only not within their scope of practice, but ridiculous given that you only need 12 tabs for a course of treatment per some of the literature.
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03-20-2020, 12:01 PM | #7782 |
Mortgage the Future Please
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Diontae Johnson dreamland
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03-20-2020, 12:02 PM | #7783 | |
Supporter
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Hollywood, CA
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Only people that are showing advanced symptoms are receiving the tests, so we have no idea how many are asymptotic or are in the early stages of the disease. |
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03-20-2020, 12:02 PM | #7784 | |
MVP
Join Date: Aug 2011
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Additionally, there are other factors that can cause hair to thin, but the "mother's father" thing isn't bullshit. It's just not the whole story. |
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03-20-2020, 12:03 PM | #7785 |
Life is changing..
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: NW Missouri
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